3. Be a Good Listener

 3. Be a Good Listener

Q1) Write the characteristics of a good listener.

Ans:-

(i) Good listeners look at the speaker.

(ii) Good listeners pay close attention to the speaker.
(iii) They make special effort to understand the speaker.
(iv) If they hear any new or unfamiliar words they try to guess the meaning from the context.
(v) They try to guess what the speaker will say next.
(vi) They keep listening even if they have doubts or they do not understand something.
(vii) They wait for the speaker to finish and then get their doubts clarified by asking polite questions.

Q2. Listen carefully and guess how the sentence would end.

1.   Once there was a crow. He was very thirsty. He wanted to drink some water.   
2. There were dark clouds in the sky. Soon, it began to rain. 
3.  This step is broken. Please be careful. 
4. When the students saw the question paper, they were happy/ shoked 
5. When the teacher read the answer papers, she was happy/ angry / shoked / unhappy.

Q3. Listen carefully and write all the words correctly.

(1) You are right. Write it down in the right hand corner.

ANS:- a} right

           b} write

(2)  ‘I need two books.’ ‘Me, too.’ ‘I gave one to my sister.’

Ans:- a}two

          b}too

          c}to

     (3) He ate the whole apple but there were holes in the apple.

     ANS:- a}whole

                b}holes

    (4) Do you know the tale of the mouse who had seven tails ? Please tell it to us.

    Ans:- a}tale

          b}tails

          c}tell

    (5) I knew you wanted new shoes.

   Ans:- a}knew

          b}new

 

4. Activities

(1) Sit quietly for some time. Close your eyes and listen carefully to all the

sounds that you hear. Can you guess what sounds they are, who or what is

making that sound ?

Note down what you heard

Ans:-

• 1)      Sparrow

• 2)      T.v

• 3)      Radio

• 4)      Vechial

 

(1)  List 5 of the sounds that you like and 5 of the sounds that you don’t like.

Ans:-

Sound like

a.       Sparrow

b.      Fluid

c.       Piano

d.      Music

e.       Drum

Sound don’t like

a.       Bullate bike sound

b.      Construction sound

c.       Factory sound

d.      Thundering sound

e.       Loud D.J sound